"White House: Trump Ocean Plan Axes Climate Chapter"
"The White House is no longer including a distinct chapter on climate change in an overarching plan setting federal priorities on ocean policy for a decade."
Source: Greenwire, 12/06/2018
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"US Coal Consumption Drops To Lowest Level Since 1979"
"Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration’s pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry."
Source: AP, 12/05/2018
Bloomberg, Focusing on Climate, Says He Would Battle Coal Industry
"CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — On a wintry day, Michael R. Bloomberg stood in black tassel loafers in melting snow while he inspected solar panels on a rooftop, then said he would make climate change “the issue” of the 2020 presidential race."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2018
Supreme Court: Groundwater's Muddy Legal History Under Clean Water Act
"The Supreme Court has signaled its interest in a potentially game-changing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act. The justices yesterday invited the Trump administration to weigh in on whether the law applies to pollutants that travel through groundwater before reaching surface water."
Source: Greenwire, 12/05/2018
"E.P.A. to Roll Back a Restriction on New Coal-Burning Plants"
"The Trump administration is poised to roll back a significant climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants, making it easier to build new coal plants in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2018
Senate GOPers Sounding More And More Like Trump On Climate Change
"In both subtle and obvious ways, President Trump has reshaped the Republican party in his image ever since taking office. Following a major government climate report delineating the danger facing the United States from rising temperatures, it is clear the rest of the GOP is striking an increasingly Trump-like tone on the issue of climate change ...."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2018
"U.S. Top Court Snubs Environmental Challenge To Trump's Border Wall"
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a challenge by three conservation groups to the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a victory for Trump who has made the wall a centerpiece of his hardline immigration policies."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2018
"Why Peatlands Matter In The Battle Against Climate Change"
"Living peatlands sequester carbon-dioxide, drawing it down from the atmosphere through plants and trapping it underground as carbon".
Source: Irish Times, 12/04/2018
"In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska"
"For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration."
"FAIRBANKS, Alaska — It is the last great stretch of nothingness in the United States, a vast landscape of mosses, sedges and shrubs that is home to migrating caribou and the winter dens of polar bears.
Source: NY Times, 12/04/2018
Bernie Stakes Out Forceful Climate Stance, Leapfrogging The 2020 Field
"The 2016 presidential race largely ignored climate change. The Vermont senator is banking on that no longer being possible."
Source: HuffPost, 12/04/2018
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